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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.
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/ ^. }0 o. [0 `3 Y! WNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.& i: Q a9 A. P" |
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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.1 w, G; u( j) B% t" E- I; J$ F D) j- }
9 p& c# P/ N. W0 MSuncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.7 U# B! \8 I& k8 _" R8 W0 n
7 H a$ J. h' \# \/ U0 ^4 [. GAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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